Dyophysite

[dahy-of-uh-sahyt]

noun

Theology.

1. a person who maintains that Christ has two distinct natures, one divine and the other human; an adherent of Dyophysitism.

Other Word Forms

• Dyophysitic adjective
• Dyophysitical adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dyophysite¹

First recorded in 1855–60; from Late Greek dyophysī́tēs, equivalent to dýo two + phýs(is) “nature” + -ītēs -ite ¹

Example Sentences

Dyophysite, dī-of′i-zīt, n. a holder of the doctrine of the coexistence of two natures, the divine and the human, in Christ—also Diph′ysite.—adjs.

From Project Gutenberg

Zeno was restored by a Dyophysite faction under the lead of Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople.

From Project Gutenberg

Accordingly the distinction of a symbolic and realistic conception of the Supper is altogether to be rejected; we could more rightly distinguish between materialistic, dyophysite, and docetic conceptions which, however, are not to be regarded as severally exclusive in the strict sense.

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